Pro-rata rights
Pro-rata rights allow existing investors to purchase shares to maintain their current ownership percentage in a company during subsequent rounds of financing. These rights provide investors »
World Series outage
I'm amazed at how poor coverage of the World Series was tonight. Fox completely dropped the ball. How could they have repeated issues with their power »
What motivates our work
Maximizing employee autonomy, mastery, and purpose leads to better performance and personal satisfaction. While this is most applicable to knowledge work, C&S Grocers demonstrated »
On eulogies
Eulogies are tough. They need to resonate with a wide audience that has little in common apart from the person that they're there to honor. The »
Recruiting to on-boarding
When people are recruiting they're willing to jump through hoops that hired employees often resist. For example, if you ask applicants to fill out a survey »
Standing up when the plane lands
Why do people stand up so quickly when planes lands? Before the doors open there is nowhere to go. There isn't even room to remove bags »
Breaking for lunch
When working all day with a team, I prefer eating meals together. But, when someone shares that he/she doesn't intend to eat lunch, it's tricky »
Managing search fund deal flow
Interest in search funds is growing. Because it's so difficult to find good target companies, I've been curious to know what tools searchers use to keep »
Building teams
Every tech company claims they have the best team. But, that can't be the case. It's all relative. So, how do successful entrepreneurs surround themselves with »
Honest feedback
For people to feel comfortable sharing honest feedback with me, I have to resist the urge to interrogate them when their feedback isn't what I want »